Re: Home Network, step by step?
From: darren kirby (bulliver_at_badcomputer.org)
Date: 12/13/04
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To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:23:39 -0800
quoth the David Adam:
> Darren,
>
> This will not always work. Case in point: The SB5100 Cable Modem. It's
> just a bridge device.
>
Showing my ignorance here. The switch I bought works like this, so I
extrapolated this feature to all switches...
> To do NAT/IP Masquerading, you're probably best off in the long run
> learning how to use one of FreeBSD's fine packet-filtering firewalls:
> the relatively new (to FreeBSD) OpenBSD's pf or the somewhat older ipf. I
> recommend pf - it works very well for me.
>
> The FreeBSD Handbook contains information on firewalls:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html
> The pf section is short and sweet to get you up and running with pf:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html
>
> I hope that helps you.
>
> (And finally, freebsd-newbies is the WRONG LIST for these queries.)
I was trying to give a general answer to the original poster in attempt to
obtain more details from him, I didn't intend to ask questions...my saying we
both needed docs was just an off-hand remark, as freebsd firewalls are
something I will have to learn soon. I appreciate the links. I followed them
to the pf guide at openbsd.org, looks straitforward enough. Unfortunately my
freebsd box is set up as a NATed client right now, so I don't have a method
for actually setting it up in practice.
> Cheers,
>
> David Adam
> ---
> zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
-d
PS: sorry for double post, I'm not sure why it did that.
-- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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